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Silicon Valley Cashes Out Selling Private Shares

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oh Apr 26, 2011 10:05 AM GMT thank youhttp://gwaker.blogspot.com/
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Joe Apr 26, 2011 9:54 AM GMT Great Article.
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Conbook Apr 26, 2011 3:37 AM GMT It's highly possible that dotcom II companies can go bust before IPO. I think people know this so they are selling before they get bust.
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Dan Engel Apr 25, 2011 12:11 PM GMT I'm an old friend of Vince Thompson's (a great guy, by the way), and I'm so glad to read that he was part of creating this new opportunity. I think it's an awesome new channel for buyers and sellers that should have existed a long time ago. Whether regulations will get in the way of it flourishing into the future remains a question, however. What a game changer.
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ashok Apr 25, 2011 11:55 AM GMT good one
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AJ Apr 25, 2011 11:37 AM GMT The unwritten compact between a startup and its employees was always simple. The company would work hard and seek an exit where the employees' options would make them wealthy. What we're seeing now, however, are companies that are delaying the monetization of those options indefinitely. There's very little wrong with employees wanting to cash out when founders refuse to go public beyond the historically common gestation period.
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wilhemenamitchell Apr 22, 2011 1:44 PM GMT This is a hell of a way to steal a man's company, name, reputation,and control of his patented ideas! Truly unamerican and violates principles of public offerings by the company and national security laws!
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